Beneath all this lies the same frustration I feel
watching university faculty ignore or brush aside research in education.
I desperately want politicians, business leaders, and the general public to act on
what we know about climate change, drug resistant diseases, habitat destruction,
better teaching practices,
and a long list of other things.
It's hypocritical of us to ask for that and then ignore research
that might require us to change our minds.
If scientists really want people to act on what they are discovering,
I think they—we—need to lead by example.